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	<h1>LINQ to SQL</h1>
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	    <li><label>Web Site:</label> <span> <a href='http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb425822.aspx'>LINQ to SQL</a> </span></li>
	    <li><label>Mapping Strategy:</label> <span>Designer</span></li>
	    <li><label>Cost:</label> <span>Available from Microsoft</span></li>
	    <li><label>LINQ Support:</label> <span>Yes - <i>It's in the name!</i></span></li>	    
        <li><label>Stored Procedure Support:</label><span>Yes</span>  </li>	    
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	<h3>Notes</h3>
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	    <li>Very simple to use, both for creating the mappings in the designer as well as using in your code.</li>
	    <li>If you are starting a new project of any significance, you may want to consider Entity Frameworks as the Linq to SQL will probably not be extended too much <a href='http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/10/29/update-on-linq-to-sql-and-linq-to-entities-roadmap.aspx'>more information.</a></li>
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